• Yesterday morning, the Pearl Tower caught fire. But since it was at 2am and nobody got hurt, most people didn't care. Xinhua reports that "before the fire there was thunder, which could have triggered the fire." I think they forgot to add the lightning aspect of that in. [Xinhua]
• Well, this is surprising: just having an Expo ticket doesn't necessarily guarantee you a visit to the Chinese Pavilion. Organizers feel that the Oriental Crown will be so popular that you may need to reserve your visit beforehand. Luckily, they'll be inside the Expo venue, so you can reserve, walk around to other pavilions and then come back - like a Fast Pass! [eChinacities]
• Shanghai fashion week came and went pretty darn quick - it was more like Fashion FiveDay, really. If you want to see a gallery of hot fashion finds from this extremely short tribute to clothing, Urbanatomy's got one. [Urbanatomy]

Shanghai Daily first alerted us to the fact that the Oriental Crown, China's pavilion for the World Expo, was given its first test light up yesterday night. The pretty awesome pic they snapped made us curious to see if we could find any slightly bigger ones. Well, turns out World Expo Blog has a couple sweet ones. Looks like that's the place to go for more Oriental Crown previewing! more ›